. >> reporter: i should mention this is your nephew, defensive tackle, don't let the size fool you. he's got a lot of attitude remember gave you your first interview. >> all right. >> reporter: we talked about this area around here. the economic development they promised i'm told today is still coming. look at this. most of the nationals fans at the ticket windows today have been there from the beginning. >> this year did it. we hung with them through the last few years which were tough and d.c. loves this team now. >> we can go all the way and win the world series with our pitching, yeah. we had to sit down strasburg. you have to understand that. >> reporter: the nats going to the playoffs is their reward, but it's still only half of the story of baseball's return to the nation's capital. >> we need some more bars and restaurants and hotels, everything down here. >> reporter: the fans, owners, city officials, business community, just about everybody are still waiting for the economic renaissance, the kind that followed the verizon center's construction in the heart of chinatown. >>